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Honoré-Victorin Daumier

The Ox-Elephant, a new and very promising breed. Unfortunately still beyond the financial possibilities of the average citizen.... price: 30'000 francs, plate 5 from L'exposition Des Animaux

1856
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
21.8 × 26 cm (8.6 × 10.2 in)

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